Physics Bulletin

The Uncertainty Principle and Foundations of Quantum Mechanics: A Fifty Years’ Survey

T. W. B. Kibble

Published Nov 1, 1977• 23 citations

Abstract

William C Price and Seymour S Chissick (eds) Chichester: J Wiley 1977 pp xvii + 512 price £19.50 This volume is a tribute to Heisenberg. Appropriately, it begins with his own fascinating account, written shortly before his death, of the historic developments of 1926–7, and ends with a brief appreciation of his work by Bohm.

DOI: 10.1088/0031-9112/28/11/035

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